{"id":275970,"date":"2025-05-09T15:11:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T15:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/09\/deion-sanders-past-controversial-comments-came-back-to-haunt-shedeur-sanders-in-2025-draft-per-nfl-execs\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:08:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:08:33","slug":"deion-sanders-past-controversial-comments-came-back-to-haunt-shedeur-sanders-in-2025-draft-per-nfl-execs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/09\/deion-sanders-past-controversial-comments-came-back-to-haunt-shedeur-sanders-in-2025-draft-per-nfl-execs\/","title":{"rendered":"Deion Sanders\u2019 past controversial comments came back to haunt Shedeur Sanders in 2025 Draft, per NFL Execs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"4910536\" data-slug-id=\"2511203\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Shedeur Sanders helped turn around the Colorado Buffaloes as he led them to a bowl game, but despite that, he slid down the 2025 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders was heavily mocked for being drafted in the first round, but he ended up being selected in the fifth round by the Cleveland Browns.<\/p>\n<p>According to one anonymous NFL executive, what Deion Sanders said in the past about his son hurt his draft stock.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"bets-today-poll\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"preview-card-holder bets-today-poll\">\n<p><span class=\"date\"\/> \u2022 <span class=\"time\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"march-madness-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/skm\/assets\/march-madness-logo.png\" height=\"42\" width=\"99\" alt=\"march madness logo\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s never strictly football,\u201d contended a high-ranking decision-maker for an NFL team to USA Today. I think his dad\u2019s involvement hurt him.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p>Another high-level executive from another team said the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Some of the things his dad said, I think that weighed on people\u2019s minds.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Some of the things <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/deion-sanders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Deion Sanders<\/a> said were that Shedeur Sanders would only go to certain NFL teams, as Deion wanted a say to make sure his son would be in a good spot.<\/p>\n<p>Given that many teams didn&#8217;t grade Sanders as a starting quarterback, he fell in the draft as teams didn&#8217;t want to deal with the headache.<\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/team\/colorado-buffaloes-football\/news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Colorado<\/a> last season, Sanders went 353-for-477 for 4,134 yards, 37 touchdowns, and 10 interceptions.<\/p>\n<h2>Browns expect Shedeur Sanders to compete for QB job<\/h2>\n<p>Cleveland selected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/college-football\/shedeur-sanders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Shedeur Sanders <\/a>in the fifth round and he joins a quarterback room that features the likes of Joe Flacco, Deshaun Watson, Kenny Pickett, and Dillon Gabriel.<\/p>\n<p>Although Sanders was selected in the fifth round, and Browns general manager Andrew Berry believes the QB will outperform his slot.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We live by our board, and we felt like he was a good solid prospect at the most important position,&#8221; Berry said, via the team website. &#8220;We felt like it got to a point where he was probably mis-priced relative to the draft. The acquisition cost was pretty light, and we think he&#8217;s a guy who can outproduce his draft slot.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With that, Berry says the goal for Sanders is to come into training camp and just work and put all the distractions behind him.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I think Shedeur has grown up in the spotlight,&#8221; Berry said, &#8220;but our expectation is for him to come in here and work and compete.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sanders will look to not only make a roster spot but could even win the starting quarterback job.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-post-rating-widget\">\n<p><template id=\"post-rating-feedback-modal-template\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-feedback-box\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-content\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-data\">\n<p>Why did you not like this content?<\/p>\n<p><textarea id=\"dislike-feedback-text\" rows=\"4\" placeholder=\"Please type your feedback...\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<button class=\"close\">Cancel<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"submit\">Submit<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-widget-parent hidden\">\n<div class=\"rating-parent-container\">\n<div class=\"rating-content-holder\">\n<p>Was this article helpful?<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-action-container\">\n<div class=\"like-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-like-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"like\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post-like-image post-rating-image\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" alt=\"like selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dislike-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-dislike-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"dislike\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"post-dis-like-image post-rating-image\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" alt=\"avatar selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nThank You for feedback\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-author-info-parent\">\n<span class=\"about-the-author\">About the author<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-info-holder\">\n<div class=\"author-pic-holder\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"author-pic\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,&lt;svg width=\" height=\"100\"\/><rect width=\"100\" height=\"100\" style=\"fill:rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\/>&#8221; data-lazy=&#8221;https:\/\/keedag.sportskeeda.com\/user-pic\/957157-1716736522-200.jpg?w=200&#8243;<br \/>\nalt=&#8221;Cole Shelton&#8221; height=&#8221;72&#8243; width=&#8221;72&#8243;&gt;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-bio-detail-holder\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p class=\"author-bio\" id=\"author-bio-text\">\nCole is an NHL, NFL and College Sports reporter at Sportskeeda with over 7 years of experience writing for publications like CBC, USA Today, SMG, BJPENN, Sherdog and SB Nation.<\/p>\n<p>An NHL fan his whole life, Cole played rep hockey in Canada from age 5 until 17 and grew up rooting for Martin St. Louis and the Tampa Bay Lightning. 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